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...Killing Water," where they hunt pigs with bows & arrows. Now, armed with rifles, they were stalking a Red column. As they edged forward under Communist machine-gun fire, clouds of smoke and dust rose ahead of them as French artillery pounded the Communist positions. On the other flank, a battalion of turbaned Moroccans attacked Hill 101 chanting, "There...
...peasants became "El Campesino's dinamiteros," famed antitank battalion of the Spanish Loyalist 46th Division. El Campesino (which means the peasant) became a top Spanish Communist general. In Russia, his picture was printed on match covers...
...Chinese were well into the northwestern sector of Seoul. Baker Company of Mike Michaelis' ist Battalion was having a hot fight. The last frantic surge of refugees spewed forth across the ice of the frozen...
...major and his battalion pulled back to the Chongchon River, but found the crossing point covered by Communists firing 3-5-in. bazookas (apparently captured American weapons) with great accuracy. G.I.s trying to cross on flak wagons and other vehicles were mowed down. Many wounded had to be left behind...
...Livingston, "these government teams are set up for when you're moving forward. When you're moving back it's a different color. We're staying till the last troops leave, all right. But for a job like this, what you need is a good battalion of military police to control the city...